Re: [Pen-l] Michael Lewis on Sarkozy

[Laurent GUERBY <laurent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 13:21 -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> Laurent GUERBY wrote:
> > The 35 hours workweek just means that  hours worked after 35 hours must
> > be paid more in the normal case (about 25% more).
> 
> is there a 50% pay hike (relative to base pay) for over 40 hours? That
> used to be the rule in the US.

It depends on the "convention collective", that is to say
union-employers sector wide agreement. For example for restaurant jobs
hours 36-39 are paid +10% minimum, 40-43 +20% minimum, so it doesn't
cost much for employers to have 43 hours per week workers.

By default the first 8 hours are paid +25% and above that it's +50% but
as shown below this can be lowered by "convention collective" (Source:
wikipedia).

The average weekly hours worked per employee is higher in France than
the USA, in 2005 it was 36.3 hours in France (source: INSEE) and 33.8
hours in the USA (source: BLS), more here (in french): 

http://travail-chomage.site.voila.fr/emploi/duree_travail.htm

Average hours worked is above 35 hours in France, but I guess
this data piece escapes USA economists and journalists who
still think it's forbiden by law to work more than 35 hours
per week in France.

Laurent

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